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Did you find anything out yet? Did you try the PV trick?

My two cents-forget the social life and get this knocked out. And don't feel pressure about failing. Look at this situation completely different-You just got free insight into what to expect. Take it at the same center too. I told myself if I failed I would only let myself be upset about paying $200 and everything else was a bonus for preparing me next time. Conquer this!! :)

You probably eat three times a day, right? Knock out X amount of questions before you eat. After doing that about a week you'll be used to it. The key is to stay in touch with all that material. Do 20 questions in bed before you go to sleep. Five before your shower. You get the idea. You can do this!

I used Saunders CD, and did exams formatted to use only the SATA to get myself ready. I had tons of SATA and felt comfortable with them. Good Luck!

Just remember this-Nclex is testing to see if you're a safe nurse. You have the knowledge. Be happy when you get SATA (select all's) and any alternative style questions-that's a good thing. Take your time, especially on the first 10 questions. When you have it narrowed down to two, go with your gut and then answer yourself why you're picking that one. You can do this-be excited about it, you've worked hard to get to take this test!! :)

5:21 pm by blueorchid981 I passed!!! Yay Isn't it the BEST feeling? So happy for you!! Ms. RN!

how did it go???

So glad it's over. I posted about my experience. Felt great signing "RN" next to my name:up:

Just wanting to share what I can while staying ethical. I had 150 questions. First 50 questions, I'm not exaggerating, had approximately 30 sata. Panicked when 75 came and went. So, good advice: PLAN on taking all 265 so that you don't allow test to become mental game, AND you build test taking stamina. Do NOT be that girl who brought STUDY materials with her!! For goodness sake's it says 50 times that is prohibited and the PV staff had to decide whether to make her forfeit her test day. And the girl laughs saying, "Oh my God, are you serious, ha ha" -People it tells you exactly what to take, what not to take, honor that. After she laughed at them, I was hoping they'd kick her out. What you have to understand, at least at my test site, they will only address ONE thing at a time. So as I'm being scanned so that I can get rolling, my stuff is put on hold and shut down so that the woman could walk over and address the fool who brought a freakin Nclex book. I took one unscheduled break, declined the two automatic ones. I went when I felt like I needed to regroup. I used the restroom and stretched. The thing is, if you graduated nursing school, you know this material. But I will share this, in our group this past week (and some Monday) EVERY one of us was certain we failed. That just comes with Nclex. Our top graduate got cut off at 75 and cried, fearing she failed. Two of our peers took ALL 265! One passed, one failed...And contrary to belief the one that passed said she knew she got that last one wrong because she remembered to research it later-and she obviously was above the "pass" line at this point. So far, there is only one person that has failed-and I know she's a bright graduate nurse, but she has severe test anxiety. If you have that you really need to pull up a practice exam (I used nothing but Saunders CD and made 100 question exams, selecting alternate test forms so that I could get SATA drop/drags etc-and that helped me) and each practice test you take tell yourself like you mean it that this practice exam is your Nclex. Make each one that important so that you prepare mentally. If you know you have test anxiety and you're just saving it for the real test it's not going to do any good; fake yourself out over and over and when you sit for Nclex you tell yourself the exact same thing you did while preparing. PV trick has been 100% for our group. After you sign in to PV, make sure you see "delivery successful" before you click register; if it hasn't been delivered successfully, there's no point checking. One of us received "payment" screen, aka CC screen, and did in fact not pass. I received "At this time our records indicate..." pop up, aka Good Pop Up, approximately 2 hours after test. My board had my license number posted 23 hours from the time I took my test. The first thing I did was sign my signature and put RN after it. Dang that looked good. Wish you future test takers good luck, and congrats for the new RNs. If you're retaking it, guess what? You know what to expect, so stay calm and take breaks whenever you feel your heart in your throat. You can pass this!

You need to surround yourself with positive people-your self esteem is incredibly LOW. Didn't you graduate an accredited nursing school? Yeah. I watched tons of smart, competent people drop from the program because they didn't have what it took. So stop whining and finish what you started! Reschedule it and pass it!

Yeah, I keep telling myself I'm going to put added pressure when I see question 76 on up. I'm trying to vision 265 so that anything less is a bonus.

Congratulations vbach! That's awesome! Did you do the Saunders CD questions? I've been doing their 100 question exams and then reviewing the rationales. Totally agree on SATA with T/F -had an instructor break it down like that halfway through nursing school, and even though it seems like common sense, I would have loved to have that light click during the first half of nursing school haha

I'm thinking about skimming too, just to keep my head in it. I'm about to take a Kaplan nclex test review/strategy. It starts in 15 minutes, and it's a free, one hour course online through them. I just wish I was more comfortable having an idea what this is going to be like.

Thank you I will pray for you as well. Do you have a study plan for your last few days?

I'm so happy for all the people that have been passing this week..It's better to hear that news knowing I'm going next week. I pray for 75, and pray I pass. But I'm ready for the max if I have to. Any RN's that just passed want to make any suggestions on how to best use my last few days? It's wild, one hour I'm psyched and next hour I think I am not prepared. Planning on taking the evening off the night before, and I have a 2pm test time. Thanks in advance for anyone giving pointers.